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I i Ni I_lllPE.tailL P,IRLIAMEIVI. 1-LOT' ` , E OF commoNS, FRIDAY, DEC. 21. The House met ye6terday at tile usual hour,,wheu LUSHINGTON brought Up the Report of theCom mittee'ort the. State of the Nal ion. Qn,tbe reading of the Resolutions Sir F. Eva- DETT rose. , . The. SPEAKER spoke'to a point - of order, and the 1190. Bart. restnn'ed Iris seat. . On ttie second reading of the Res9lnt!ons, . • 'Lord. W. RUSsiee observed, that though he dif tered in many points . from the Hon. Bart. yet When. the do trines he, mentioned. were sucleas.might be nefit thecountry,. he would not find a more deter mined partisan. • He had oPposedtheproceeding by Bill iiil7BB. His opinions, were the sameas they were then, and he sheblit again oppose the principle. The _ Resolutions then proposed , were proposed not 'So frOm an opinion of their being necessary in the iiist instance, as. from • the circuneeance-Which arose out oft heir debate. An assertioebf the Prince's right to reyal authority had been thee set up, and it' was inoppesition cp that assertion that the 'Ministers of that day moyed them.' No . such claims had now been advanced, and consequently Ministers - had' net. the ',curie excuse as their. predecessors to urge"ip j us eticatithi of their conduct. He concluded by, moving the previous question. - , . . . ', Sir V. BURbETT thought those Geetlernee . who grounded t heirdefeece 6:1 the measure proi,os,el-ee the necessity of the case, Were boind,;tp prove the existence cif sueli'neeessity.' Where there wa;e'a,.ne,,: . C; , ssity, ter adopting ins,* particular 'mode:. ok . eciieltiet; . • • .• there eoule,be rid alternative, :and if he could that there was an,alternative, •it ed'tirat ter;e could be no necessity.. .These who took' ceediegs el, 17,8,a, for a precedent, seemed ~to tor ger' tit to follow the course .pursued at ihat time would oc io do ayerydifferent 011ie; at inother e Ttrat Which was propceed now to he dope, had been then di,n, in opposition to, a claim.of, right; which• was erroecous, as no right' could exist Where there was. no-law, and, no law- could he foendeo - prove 'the existence of such a right. • He wishedto kno.:v where a law cooldbe found by :which that right'. devolved oil the two Houses. Ttrough the claims of a right on the part of the Prince was erroneous e yet to g . oe jp him the royal power ,Was thy most rational - Way of proceeding, as reason, analogy, and eipe?hericy e weri,.. at once in its favour. The defect ie the Constitu tien ought to have been remedied i.vithout cletee, arid if the - principle acted upon in the better ewes of Parliament had been thought worthy. of emu lation, they, as the Reptescntati'es of the tpeepte, would have held comerencr.:s with the different coen tits; to gain,the acquiescence - Of -111'e Public iu theT line of conduct most eligible to be pursued. Ttiis might have been done hi a very few days, and the deled could have been 'remedied its the simplest and most easy manner, as had been done on former occasions. The Hon. !dart. . theeproceeded to notice the vivacity of a Right Hon. Gentleman Opposite (late one of his Majesty's Ministers), made some al lusious to the calamities at W.:lclie:en, and express, edhis'cipiiiion in strong terms of the conduct of_ fhat. Right Honoutable Gentleman, as.pne of hid Mri-' Jest) ,, s late Government. The Lord Mayor of Lou, don and the Court of Aldertnae werea bedy,kfireat weight, and ,he did, nut thh-k it would have been any diserace to that trouseil they had c,onsti . Ved their sentiments on -such occiesion. shiStild not have r heught it very preposterous if the Lord Mayor, AA.c;trien,...and _Conlinfla_Coun.olruep had .come forward with an address , at...sech a period., The Right Hon. Gentleman seethed - totillit'litere Was . something very ludicrOus in the -gown of atflilder m ; bet t hen he was4iiJ of Eris MajestY's',Sectei. Caries of State, hte_liacknoe disdained to s pieet a party of contractors andelextrbers• at a Taverne4.reteein-' beridg brat.: her eft ht' not' to - treat se Fespectablq, p : body wirli ley,ity. H . e differed from, § . dt:Uer the last debate, Who, had maintained,_ that there, was a sort of a law above - the law - . If they-looked into the precede4its of -Parliament, they Would find so many contradictions, that no certain rule could be drawn with :propiiety.. from. so inconsistent filaS,- His:ideas were 'those of a plainernati, and - he had no ideo• *of 'a Constitution 'in the air.. It was • abov.e.iiis comprehension. : :The 'preposition before them went in effect to a revolution; to a subversion of the and to an usurpation of the reyai autho rity the Constitution-of England, three : estates were pecessary. - The Great Seal tirrs not every thing, as some Gentlemen had -seerried_of opinion' when they, said the case of the Revolution did not apply to ties case, because here wehsd a Great Seal, 'While there a Great Seal was waotinge It . was not • the Great Seal, but a great poliiidalprieciple, which it was the "object of the Revolution to establish. The ,Ret olution was the conseqUence 'the .i,iola tion Of - a sacred ,contraa,"and it was effeCied 'that the people -should not be sacs if ced to the whim of ean iedividual. In the present instance it : bias" neither hecessary nor expedient to Proceed as id 5,17.8, The • -House wag not-,eyen bound to do so by what had already been done, as-the circumstances under Which -they acted formerly,' and. those under winch they . had now to act, were - widely different. He telt, it fo be 'his cfuty to 'protest against it, andshould, therefore, take the sense of the House on the . , subjeEf.. Mr. LAMB censured the delayewhich had 'taken place, but nad no doubt of - the right of the lipu,e toremedy the defed in the Constitution. A decla ration had, been made 1) the Long Parliament (which the patriots of the present &ay thought ought t6,fiat nigh precedeet), to that effect. 1642 it was reH solved, that it was the distinct and ancient law of, Eiiglan I, that in the incapacity of the person hold log the executive: power, the nation could not be. left without the means of preservation, and it was : therefore forthe two . .Honses to take such 'measures as might appear expedient. This, he contended .wes. .sound do trine, though the concluion they carne to in consequence was erroneous. He was di opinion that the.represeutation Of the people was imperfect, and that it might be, changed for the better, bet he by no means agreed with the -Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett) geeerally., pf w hat anarchy might not that /ion. hart. (who was so anxious to guard.apinst anarchy) be the cane, sweeping away sn many Act* of PArl.ament, and referring alPto-the decision of popular a , seinbliei.. ; WIJA ould be more incon— sistent ti , an the eon;rt . i.t74 thAt '; Eton. ,speaking thus :and a', it he Int;i7l'done ? it w:, 3 but a,..Sess4n or , two agotbit ,he dovqd for a . mi;tee iii'inquire into iheO t ate of of the p'eople, 'intending, as be, (Mr. L.) presumed, to 'ground *a ,11111 theieun tor-the, ainet4dtnent of the stune.- ,If that were-riot a feel House of &Aril:ions, in his opinion,. why'didhe act thus,? Why.did he seek a remedy whi,h must be 'illegal if t•heyf were such as he dt scribed them to be ? The Hon. Gen ilernali then proceeded to cenStne the ilelay'OiCeli had occurred. They thong - ht rt could not be cdn ' stitutional for ihe Hou4e so to adjourn Iron, time to time; leaving the executive power in the. hands of whoever might chance to be Alihisters.: It was iin pdsSible not to sytni:Catitis,•ut Thdl;recedent of ‘f7BB; he' tnantained, Wa's 001 plicable to the : preseht case. He then proceeded' tO -speak-of the mode of ptaltorising a Ilt_lgeut, tn_xer cise the functions of floierity: The tuod'e. 'of pro eeeding by Addeess was not , expedient as- well as roost constitutional, and . the same -previsions coud 'be Made proceeding that way as , by Bill. Thee 'ought .ever to - view* the elecutive pow . er With sus-: picion-- - -nof with illy reeling of.animosity,,but with , 'a proper vies to 111'y:welfare of the iqition., He then - argued on the itnproGAilitY of the Iteg,,ent's:being ,supported by the_ people opPosifrion to their own :interests, and. in opposition to •P:trliament,, adverted to ,the conduct 'of King .Williarn shortly after the Revolution, and concluded, hoping the ,House would reconsider the subject. ; • • . ' • Mr. , STEP:IEN thought the I:louse had a difficult , part pet forth. Hu , contended their Condliet ought to be'regulatetl byrgreat constitation3l ptaetices and not-byi file proceedings in. the Cow is of L,aw, . , 'great constitntiprk3l . prineiple;,conid .b.e.e , tablistied'hy a single precedent, whiCh they were no: merely rt+- titled, absolutcly botind 't,) It was the preet.ice,Of *thecOnstit.u . ion wh ch macie the Cori -siitutiun, and it. was difficult to find more than one, .; precedent far some- of itS'inust sacred princtpies.. The Crown, 'for hereditary, hut tho ,u(cesyon, differed .ffluch, tram [;;es suece,sien iO sc i te. The pre ct,.:lent by ,k,s:zhich 44as. estiblisherf was 'by that fin - .11.,-(1' on the . deatir'of 'Edward:VT. T;iat Aluitaten dying, two sisters tMary and Elizabeth behind. In 'ordinary . cases, tpe two stems hare nom declared to ae co-heir:sses to their deceased brot'..ier; and as such, woel„, hate been elettted tcl eguril 4 tares of ettis e property. In the :Case of Stlqa;':iSlo:l to .. - ttie . Crown, the Constitution dee:Lit (.1 alai Mary, being toe ell=st, should - ascend the Tial'oite. That was the only i,reeedetit 'to • he . lOuPd. .After sonie fur ther ooservatinni: .on. the.ruleS. 0f.,-.the , succession'to the Crown, he adverted to, the e . preCedent of 17814. ,wlitch he regarded notas - being' less than a preee thtit, or of less authority than a ploceeertig. ira a, court of law, bur as being -more. He looked upon it .as having established a new, canon of law.. The 'power could be constitutionally giveni.by Bill, -and ought not td be: by address... ''!'he Regency Bill. did not pass in . ..1789 beCanse of the'happy re= covert' • oflis Majesty. The proceedings of that day. furnished a - full ~ anticotnplete-preeedentlas they had been ratified 14 .the "King. It 'yas with great sur prise thathe heard that mode 'of proceeding, cen- . sured as it liald been._ kin Act, he contended; would be mete effeCtpal restraint inTroper exer cise of authority. than the declaration proposed to be firacle address, .Iyillv•respeCt to the Great Seal, - it had "been observed, that there was . this distinction between the Revolution and 'the present • state of things,'Wat.:i King was theb Wanting as Vk ell as a Great •Seal..-- e Any Silversnaiih e bad a seal been, all that. 'was .wantihs, 'could , have supplied them: with., -one, lant . .they e oply wanted . a seal - to give the aoent of the King, 'and they had: at ,thrt,time. no king. The two cases kkere very dissimilar, as, in the present instance e vve have'alKing, Ontl whatever tiny be done must be . i.done its the name of G . eorge. the Third The .present, he e would not say was anaiogous"to of 1 . 788, unfortunately it was the .. - same. ---With respeet Co the alleged delay, he main-' • tattild ir,,su Farffolii censure, was erititit'd to approtratiou.' .It 'bad been stated, that the' Repoili of, the , physiciansiiiortlecl no' hope • of the recovery of, his Majesty.., He: had read: the Report a' second thee, zindsa o. no cause for making so melancholy a'statement: On reading it, he -found be God !)' abUndant reason id - his Maje'sty • woulp recover. ,All the-- Physicians ha,d stated the cause of his Majesty's malady to be 'known ; it Was stated to have proceeded front that fetal source: Of sorrow -to the Royal Family, W,liich had been a' subjet.: of_soMuch regret to the nation.. The Hon. Gentk;rnAn , -with great feeling. to siicak of the aillicting etrcutnstatices attending the death of the Princess AFrrelia. He described;' in terms to , Which we cannot do justice, the distresS of the Royal Parent when visiting his .heloveVl it. was his to mourn her hopeless state. White the parental•• feelingS:of his ,Majesty excitecl'adniirailoti, they held out a, reasonable hofie,.- that .t.Cconstitittion like his, unbroken, recover timo the . etfe:':.lS ~of the shock ft had' redcived.. Every min who.could feel tas a fathei, must sympathie 'in the dlsiress of his Majesty; and reverence him. for his - virtuous ~.a ffec t ion towards his child. 1-W tears were hallowed — to use the language of a'lkssi, who well" knew how to affect the .heart , - - " Some teelings.zre to mortals given, With less of earth in tnein than heaven; 'And it there be a . rom":pa6sion's dross refried and clear ; 'A tear so -thntre and icreek, It wcruld not stain an ngers cheek ; " 'll3 that which pious fathers shed, a'guiktle.ss daughter's head." It had been his Majesty's lot to contemplate, for weeks and months, the distressing siluation of his -child. He c6uid not but' feel much affeaed, when 'he read of the 'Manner ' in which his Majesty re ..ceived Lhe Report of the - Physicians on the state of his &tighter, i„and when he figured to himself his venerable forth, approaching his child, only to mark with his yet remaining senses the 'faultering voice and fainting respiration of 'the.amiable. Amelia; he wanted fortitude to repress yhe, starting tear. The HOn.GentleMan then pay-a.new tributeofpraise to the finites of the "Siovvreign, censured thvso who. were so impatient at hearing his panegyric, and con d• rnned that spirit of-controversy which Onneces, y impeded their progress, obs , rving at the same ri,lle..that those who were so _ otr . delSy dqd not,propose a remarkably •quick—motle of pro cL-ecting,'-as he remempered ihat in the Irish Rl' ha .fifteen days hartbeen lost on a former oecasioh ire &bating on an address. Mr. C.' W. W YNNE maintained it to be the duty of thetWO - I-liiiiieSlO'Silpp!,y the deficiency iti the:Exe dutive Power. He thought irbetter to proceed by Address, though he had no doubts as to'the legality of giving the power by Bill. It' w:as merely a -ques tion of expediency', and whieheyer wily - they might give the power, the act of giving-it would be equady valid and binding. With respect .to what had been said on the King's having ratified the pro ceedings of 1788, it should be observed, that the ,Kinu - Es Speech was usually considered the Speech. of the Ministers, and was therefore but their rati ficationOf their own proceedings. 'lf no opposition was made to the Address prop / used on that occasion; it 'was becauSe no one was willing-to disturb the har- Mony Which pret ailed on his M'ajesty's happy , recovery. He censured the delay which had taken place, :and descanted at length on the inconye , niences which plight, arise from the 'ski-pension:of the Executive Power. When the House once as snined to i self th,e privilege of passing an Act nide ,potident of : theyroyal 4anction, there was ,no knowing •re it would' stop ; . it miglu. even proceed 4o tbe, length ot, pasing a Bill tor abwisiting the.ropl au .lltori!y itself. ,Tv.e pre , :edeiit of ;788, having never been aeted:on ; Hva,s,ritther to be considered as ati opt .Ilion expressed byt.ll 'lament than, a tneasureadOpt ed by it, and of he presumed to pos. 'a s' the ,sairce authOrit) - tn which proceedings actually 10.11,,wed up.were entti.ed. Mr. 'WiLlistiFoito. 4 Sdid, that after the ,very full :dketissient Chien the •steejeet .had already- under gorie, he would not trespasslong upon Otte attention -1)1 the House. Nothing, he 'thought, could appear to .re reruark,i hie than the etirichik.tof. ;some Hon ~/entlemen upon this occasion,aster display . ;ins; the'greateSt, ingenuity in discovering the detects 'of the course.proposed, were unable to -perceive any distithanteiges w Lefever in that which they in the i'ecs:mmei ready/to aCkticiv.decten. hat the proposition. of his Right How: Friend •vees not free from all objection, it certaitily reeoriamenle'd to the House '.to transcend its COLIMimi potters end . adet'w a liu of proceeding unusual, objekaionaale; and,. he.had.ahriost -said, anomalous, •it had not recollected all the *analogies by which' it:was sue poited. But unusual and. objectionable a it naigo appear in i'tse'lf, it w = as jUstified by the , thiture Of. the case, and the necessity that -ekisltd. It Seemed to be taken for - granted by sane Gentlethen that an Address' was. the ranedy by Which . 'every, thing was to be settled, and that after the creation' of a Regent opon, their principle, every thing - would goon naturally and easye but it was' singukit tot *ob serve, that in the very same breath they laid it down diet the Regent could' have no talarePOwei than they CyOuld agree to give him by a private-Under:. standing ;, so that while they professed, or -rather pretended, togi7e him the full executive autlicififyi, they in reality meditated restrictions and, mOdifiCa tions.. He submitted whether this course ) vas e pot fatty as 'chargeable with fraud. and. trick -as:that which seemed to, give' such mortal offence to. their delicate feelings. The proposition now before them was certainly objectionable; but it Was .well:that they had it in their power, under such afilicting-cir, eumstances, to proceed with such little deviation' from the respectable authorities ; it Was founded, as appeared to him, upon the principle of the Re-vOlu tion,. at least lie thought he might affirm, : that it was founded upon such principles as those who took the lead in that great work would : themselves,, under 'similar circumstances, have adopted.. He, rejoiced to find that the: discussions which had taken place upon this occasion were not chapaCleiiied by that spirit of animosity and intemperance .w Inch aintortunately nytrked-their firstantroduetion into that House. As to the question of the right in the Prince it was to ' be avoided,. as leading to the Most dangerous consequences, and he could „nqt help observing, that the suggestionof the Honour able Gentleman savoured too trinch of that right, and was in reality the source out of whiCh the qiies- On of right grew to the first instance; The situa tion in which they 'stood was almost' important,. the deficiency for.whieli they !Were Ici - provide was of a. nature ,the Most delicate, and nothing,cbuld tend so much to settle questions of the . kind, as to follow precedent. It was easy indeed to deviate, but dif ficult to calculate the amount of those evils to.whieh such deviation may lead. . It was the high tl stint tion of those Curia, ,and of the,Constitution under which they lived, and the House of Comtnons e could exercise its judgment on such a, question, divested of pa,sion and Violence;. that it.could proceed in cool and bloodless debate upon a subject which in other tittles would have summoned armies to the field, and deso lated the land. Such was happily their • lngh dis tinction at present, and crireful ,should the,,y be of 'bringing into question' what was, formerly Settled, and ... Ca4h - ig doubt upon those principles wifiCli were already established. He spoke in strong. terms ~ of 'approbaiion of the eontinfi of the Pi:ince of WAeS, in waiting silently for the decision of .P,ar liament, and depot - Clog himself in a manner not less dignified titan conStitutional. But highly as he approved of his, conduct, he would 'not . pert- . mit himself to be swayed IrOrn, what jnstice, and the laws demanded. It was the duty of that House to decide upon genetal principles, and weigh not 'the immediate but the remote consequences/ to be expeCted from any Measure.. They should act, not merely 'for the present, but for succeeding ge neiations. Upon •these grounds he concurred in the manner of proceeding by Bill, but should reserve his opinion upon the subject of limitations to a more fit opporainity. Whatever system they now adopt ed they should remember that it was only for a tiine, and a short time, and depending under all.circum stances upon tiie Constitution. They . might with i confidence to that polar star inwhose,bright= ness they tsould find guidance and seculity, though darkness might cloud the night and storms disturb the Ocean. 'Mr. STEWART, alter some obsbrvatious upon the condua of thelrish Parliament-in 1784, -declared . himseh unfavouratle to the proceeding by Bill. GitAl"l'AN contended for the proiirictj of pro cercling by Address. Tile Constitution he said was rendered for the pr,sent imperfed by the calamity 'which had befallen the Sovereign, and it was in cumbent on the. remaining estates - of the realm . to \supply thatdetec.t. It was'incoutbelt on than, for thee witsnoot her _body which could undertake it, and -atr apffell to-the-people would be, in efFeet, to carry' every thing back to primevai,anarchy. Tee coal munity had, an undOubted tight, to repair the Consti tutimi, :41101. - os they - had. entrusted that right—lCl their Represeneatives, the. arliarnett had a right not tO legislate while•one of . the- Po,wiets _essential to fegiskrture t wanting,.btit to place,thengselves in a Way to create a tli.rd estate, in order that the n ation might be put- in possession of its own ConstFtuticia. The right of the two Houses'of .Parliament to -ap point a Regent could no'r opinioU b-a displuted; it t.tai a power jutified.b.y "iwcessity. The prece dent of the Revolution was of very high - aatltc.a - ity,. it ird been. tried, the coUntrY - hadpaill tibedieliceto' it, but the precedent of 1738 was deticient-In this respeCt, and ought, if possible to be at•f;itled - .=•=;- - ' To order the, King's ,Offwer fo" Make out a •com •mission was in faCt - to make out-a commission them- AelVes ; it,was a self r convided pa of Parliament ; in .the first instance, it woultl go to assume the pteroga ff. jiite of the King; and, in the Second, •to asstund tl.lO ;power of both'Hous,:s-of Parlbstnent. :Suppose tlide 'l*o Houses had sent an - order to the Commander iu :Chief to make a' tiertaili 'disposition of the, army; would lee .ohey such an order; atid,if he could nor obey,could they - punish nisi refusal ? • Certainly; he, thought not ; so that they would_ tiavein eXectitiye_ power - which could Lot punish. its• officers, and a legislative. power - Which could not • command. the:, the obeqieuce of its subjecst. As to llmitationS,- he thong ht‘ t hem unnecessary under the present cir- Cpmstances, but would not 'enter into that subject' upon the, present decision.. • Y.oRKE thought' the - only question befOre the 'House was, how it would supply tne_drfea of the ' royal authority. That the House could, not take uptirritselt the functions ot royalty; he allowec4 but the precedent ot the Itcvoirution he could izor tier at all applicab'.e to the *present c , se. He con-- tended; that IL) - the:eye of the law the Throne ki as whe;eas at .the 1 - I.t.:volutian it vacant, anS all they had to tio) . now w4s to create a 'll.(..sgent for . tll4e4)urii(`,se of supplying : tho:ie tuirctior,s which 'had 6ecn suipenue4 in the . per s on ot the Sovene, ; ign. .11 - u proceetjutte) tlettei.trnne.!AiltA . cout'set hey shoald.pur-• sue, it would be qt?edient t i Ipptc the' prat'Aii.e ;of prtc.Q.4cl-kts ;w ere-found to i3pply,be.con- , tended that theyw+reie on4er no obligation to follow them, unlesS one strong objection Could - be' poiuted. Out. The la-vv:Of.Parliarnenti,w . asto be tOupd in the proceedings .-ot Parlianittit,-,, , l abd' among those pro el!eldings he. fhOnight (hi: , precedent *of- 1788, even if it stood 'should .be followed, especially-after bay ug re co ato ed.solonl Tivtrtr t - jduaiiils - Ahem= But it was tlyealonebeing tountlea npon ili.Crece'clents of nen;ty. the .Sixth, What tince Was tkiefe. -bet Ween• Alie incapacity which from infancy, and that whieharoiiv from a Cause . like the pi e6elit th'ai. he ; 00.140 sel, anti a 3 they-.were furnished with a- body of Parliatm-mfary law upon the subject; It was . - their business TO abide by it.. Mr. GRATTAN explained. • - • Sir J. Nt wroßT.Anaintained that there were two precedents,of the yeat. F7BB, between _which they were to chooSe--those of-the Euglish,and Irish Var li'itiactitS, and the latter, - which wdsLiy*Address, he par t icu layly. recootrnended.---He denied that- Lb ru was any compatisou between . the circumstances of the - country - rio,s.gi and in 17.88. The couritry wa thenit peace, and ur,burthened 1:;) , taxes, . and n'ts Majesty was. twenty-two years, younger.. fie went into long-detail upon the present situation tit the country, and„dwelt paiticiaarly 0u. , 0,ir pre dicament with. Siveden and •Arneriba. , ,de-- precatud the practice' of introducing the ILlOnbreli . and his sorrows into the debate, for the purpose 4. influencing their decision, asserting,.that though ha Was as loyal as any Man,.he•didtiot wish to Make parade or a bo43t of it. after some observations. upon'the• statd of frelpd, / he 'concluded,- by ex- - pressing an „opinion, that the influence of (ha Prince. of Wales woad do more to tranquilize that . country than any other circumstance. 7 Mr.ELLroT conceived that the question lay in very narrow canvas's, fliough it had often given ris . 4 to violent discussions and protracted debates. Subtle, ties of refinement and . *tap trySical distinctionSM ght easi:y be introduced, but he thOught that the iruz portance of the subject ought to take it out of sod! difficulties. .As to the . preildent relied on, his jopinkt remained unshaken ;. Ise was anxious that it Should be diselaimA and :subverted, for, if carded into etfeat;T it Would be,,rn'ost injurious to the Con stitution .and to the 11;1,11 reisonage concerned hi the proceedings: 'He hoped the inecedents taken from such obscure times as-the Right Hon. Gentlez. man (1)Ir. Yorke) resorted to, }vould not . be corn= pared in. point Of weightor importance with. t e pre, cedent of the ,Revolution. It had been Contended. that, the Throe w an but - that Was only upon the fiCtioh of the Constttution, which xonsidered the King iturnorfal could not tie denie . d;"liowevEr, that the executive' tbnClions were.suspended and im „paired. He,approved highly, of tie shoU • method proposed by his Right Hon. Friend (Mr. Ponsonby), and thought that the Chaticel;or might retbse to put the Great Seal to that whit:h had been proposed to the House. Atter some further - ob:.ervations, lie concluded with opposing the.Reportt, Mr: H. ADDItiGTON supported 'the ,11:11; con vinced that the precedent 01 w . 4 strictly ap plicable to the present case. -In allusion-to what had, fallen .from. the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir John. Newport) respecting. ,the advanced - period of ,his :11(,Iajesty's life, he , oCserved that -hts Mates beißg twenty-two years older 11:an in ilsB, hq (Mr. A.) had this .praotacal, experience,: that he: had enjoYed so long the beneficial effects of his paternal cafe, and therefore his gratitude was Caned forth,. 'T.113 Right Honourable Gentleman considered rhe a )re cedent as affording the mast ibatutdry provision 4 whin the country could . derive, tor it seated as a beacon to, guide Minister's ,in the course which they ought to pursue. 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